The North Carolina Specialty Foods Association is a volunteer organization providing its membership with a common voice in the political arena that promotes their passion for culturally diverse and excellent specialty food products, while creating high quality brand recognition. The NASFA exists to assist specialty food companies achieve their goal of statewide and national recognition of “Flavors of Carolina”, through integrity, networking, membership support and honest communications.

Our membership ranges throughout the state of North Carolina, and there is great depth and diversity among our members. Our organization is supported in part by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and North Carolina State University Food Science Department.

Many opportunities are available to our members, such as trade show exhibition, co-op advertising and nutritional labeling, just to name a few. We hold bi-annual conferences, one in the Spring and one in the Fall. Our conference topics are wide ranging and offer our members the opportunity to interact directly with our featured speakers, as well as providing an excellent networking forum.

Our membership has been steadily growing and we are always interested in new members. Please inquire about how you may become part of our dynamic and growing organization! We are always looking for new members! Please email or call us for membership information!

Good, from-scratch food has always been part and parcel of the Southern hospitality our area of the country is known for. Whether it’s a finely rolled Moravian cookie or mouth-watering cheddar cheese straws with just the right hint of cayenne, such products are specialties that are three and four centuries old. Products with a cultural history, such as delicately aged country ham, have paved the way for the new North Carolina specialty food offerings. From smokin’ salsas to a key lime/habanero pepper dessert topping, gingerbread cookies to teriyaki vinaigrette, the flavor and diversity of North Carolina’s kitchens are abundant. Click Here to browse the product selection available from our local manufacturers, retailers and co-packers.

• Enfield, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Aunt-Rubys-Peanuts/378061943254 • A&B Milling Company is proud to present superb Aunt Ruby’s peanut products and gifts from North Carolina’s historic Halifax County, one of the largest peanut producing counties in the state. A& B Milling Company is located in Enfield, North Carolina, only 5 minutes east of Interstate 95. We invite you to stop by and sample our fine peanut products next time you are in North Carolina. • www.auntrubyspeanuts.com

America’s Best Nut Company• Rocky Mount, North Carolina • America’s Best Nut Co. offers a variety of gourmet peanuts made from only the finest Virginia-Type peanuts. Our tasty recipes come from those used by Southern farm families for many generations. In addition, we are committed to the prompt delivery of quality, fresh products with unparalleled customer service. • www.americasbestnutco.com

Argo Century• Charlotte, North Carolina • “TRADITION CREATES A DELICIOUS SEASONING” is the mantra at Argo Century Inc., the home to numerous international awards winning Tonton Sauce and Dressing. It was Tonton’s founder Yoshi Shioda’s simple desire to bring authentic Japanese cuisine to everyone in the USA. It was the same passion Yoshi and his wife Toshiko to open their first authentic Japanese Restaurant in Charlotte NC in 1984 when “sushi” was still an exotic and foreign dish • www.tontonsauce.com

Bakers Southern Traditions• Roxobell, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000023018011 • Peanuts are our Passion and only the best Peanuts we grow will do! It is our family tradition to use only the best Virginia type peanuts that we grow on our farm to make our peanut snacks. From the lightly salted Blister Fried and Carolina Cajun peanuts, to the scrumptious Chocolate Covered peanuts, to the Jumbo Roasted in the shell, all of our peanuts are sorted again and again until we have the very best to share. We would like to share these delicious peanuts from our farm with you, and are certain that you will find them as satisfying as we do. Our hope is you will enjoy the taste of the Bakers’ Southern Traditions so much that you tell your friends about us as well! • www.bakerspeanuts.com

Bamboo Ladies• Raleigh, North Carolina • Bamboo Pickles are a newcomer to the culinary scene and will add zest to every aspect of your meal. Delightful as an appetizer, in a salad and as a side-dish. Inspired by a traditional family recipe, bamboo pickles are a marriage of Southern spices and Asian culture. The result is a crisp and zesty accompaniment to any meal. The Bamboo Ladies combine all natural ingredients to create the unique flavor of bamboo pickles. • www.bambooladies.com

• Windsor, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Bertie-County-Peanuts/46558905771 • We’ve been in the peanut business since 1919. And during those 90 plus years our family has learned a great deal about what it takes to produce a tasty peanut. We’ve taken that wealth of knowledge and used it to create some of the best peanut snacks you’ll ever find. We think they’re mighty tasty, and we think you will, too. • www.pnuts.net

• Tarboro, North Carolina • Billy’s barbeque and cocktail sauces have a taste distinctive to Eastern North Carolina. Billy’s BQ Sauce is an apple cider vinegar-based recipe with a choice of hot or mild flavor, adding just the right taste to meats and vegetables. Great when used as a marinade for beef, chicken or pork. The newest product, Billy’s Cocktail Sauce, will give seafood a kick. Sure to please tastes from the East, West and Gulf coasts! • www.billyssauces.com

• Candler, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/BlueRidgeFoodVentures • BRFV is a non-profit food and natural product business incubator in Asheville, NC serving all of western North Carolina and beyond. BRFV is a program of AdvantageWest. We’re here to help people who dream–of getting their artisan food products to market, of running a baking or catering business, or even operating their own hot dog cart! We also help folks who want to make natural products and herbal dietary supplements, and get them into bottles or tubes and onto store shelves. We are an 11,000 square foot shared-use food and natural product processing facility that offers help in product development, navigating the regulatory maze, packaging and label design and much more. • www.blueridgefoodventures.org

• Mebane, North Carolina • Capturing innovation and creativity in a bottle. Then pouring a little out when you need a dash of excitement, something lively, or a little sizzle. It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. Just open a bottle of Capsicana Zing® Gourmet Sauce. Specially blended, Zing® combines the rich flavors of sun-drenched raisins, fresh red peppers, and other spices in a tantalizing sauce. It contains only the choicest ingredients, with no artificial preservatives or additives. Inspired cuisine doesn’t have to be difficult. All you need is a little imagination – and Capsicana Zing® Sauce! • www.gourmetzingsauce.com

• Wilmington, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/carolinacoffeecompany • It all started as a dream. Take our past restaurant experience, our love of fresh-roasted coffee and the Carolinas, and turn it into a family business we would be proud of. The result: The Carolina Coffee Company! The Owens family has always loved great coffee, but could never quite find what we were looking for. The answer – create our own specialty blends! So we rolled up our sleeves and started on a journey to search for the finest Arabica beans in the world, while also capturing the unique taste of the Carolinas. • www.carolinacoffeecompany.com

• Greensboro, North Carolina • The only way … Fresh every day! That’s our promise at the Carolina Cookie Company, where we always bake our gourmet cookies in the tradition of homemade Southern hospitality. Our cookies are mouth-watering treats made the old fashioned way, fresh each and every day. And every Carolina Cookie is baked, packed and shipped by hand, because we know you wouldn’t have it any other way! Our cookies are a celebration of the finest ingredients and unsurpassed quality. Smooth creamy butter, luscious chunks of rich chocolate, real fruit and fresh whole nuts are just a sampling of the abundant goodness found in each flavor of Carolina Cookies. And every delicious selection is a testament to the timeless art of hand-baking, because we bake cookies fresh each morning. • www.carolinacookie.com

• Hillsborough, North Carolina • Carolina Cupboard provides discriminating food and gift retailers with the down-home treasures of North Carolina. These products tell the story of the Tar Heel State. Favorites such as cheese straws, peanuts, pecans, and grits bring Southern flavor to the world. Spread the word about home-grown goodness. Carolina Cupboard is the wholesale distribution division of A Southern Season, a North Carolina success story, with a proven track record in retail excellence since 1975. The products offered by Carolina Cupboard have been tested and proven to shine in the finest retail settings. Let Carolina Cupboard help you build your sales and become your own success story. • www.carolinacupboard.com

• Greensboro, N.C. • www.facebook.com/pages/Carolina-Select-Nuts/184331838248973 • The Original Carolina Select Premium Peanut! Fresh, delicious, huge redskin peanuts cooked in N.C. by the developer of the recipe and seasoned to perfection weekly. available online and in many fine stores throughout the U.S. We are proud to offer the finest quality gourmet, premium roasted redskin peanuts available. Our extra large nuts are hand selected for us from top N.C. farms and distributors then cooked right in Greensboro, N.C. weekly. Our healthy,and delicious nuts make great snacks, gifts/perfect in gift baskets and wonderful guest favors. Our popular 2.5oz size is easy to attach a business card to for a great first impression on a client or a wedding guest favor! • www.Carolinaselectnuts.com

• Clyde, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Chef-Ricardos-Artisanal-Gourmet-Foods/106592342767690 • We make our award-winning sauces using only whole, vine-ripe tomatoes – no paste, no concentrate. As a result, our tomatoes are naturally sweet and need no added sugar. Before bringing the sauces to you, we served them in our North Carolina restaurant, Lomo Grill, tossed with penne, as a poaching base for halibut, tucked into eggplant involtini, and as a delectable dip for cornmeal crusted oysters. We source the ingredients locally–including from our own family farm–and hand-craft the sauces in small batches. You can find Chef Ricardo’s Tomato Sauces nationwide in The Fresh Market and throughout the Southeast in select Earth Fare, Whole Foods, and other gourmet and natural grocers. • www.chefricardoskitchen.com

• Graham, North Carolina • After 28 years, Cornucopia has grown into one of the leading cheese and specialty food suppliers in the Southeast United States providing over 1,000 products to customers in North Carolina and the region. We could not have made this progress without our dear friends and loyal customers. Our success depends on the trust that many have placed with us over several decades. We have made it here through hard work and determination to supply you with the very best in quality and service. We promise to remember how far we have come and how far we have to go! • www.cornucheese.com

• Elizabethtown, North Carolina • With D’Vine Foods located in the heart of a fertile fruit and vegetable growing area, we specialize in making many items such as jams, jellies, ciders, juices, pickles, relishes and other products. It has also created another market for local farmers’ over-produced fruits and vegetables and given them the opportunity to add value and shelf life to their products. Therefore, D’Vine Foods has created an entirely new wholesale opportunity for farmers. Consumers can now buy local grown products on a year round basis. • www.dvinefoods.com

• Wake Forest, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Grendeddy-Daves-BBQ-Sauces-and-Seasonings/117796968487 • Grendeddy Dave has taught the boys well. After Spending years in the kitchen perfecting recipes for just about everything, Grendeddy Dave Merritt has passed his knowledge and passion on to his three sons; Jeff, Scott and Aaron. With this knowledge and love of fine southern cuisine, the Merritt brothers have taken down home souther barbecuing to another level. They proudly offer Grendeddy Dave’s Sauces and Seasonings! Whether it be a rack of ribs, jumbo shrimp, or a fine cut of beef, Grendeddy Dave’s Products are sure to greatly enhance the flavor. You can slap it on anything! Grendeddy Dave’s, "It’s some kinda good!" • www.davessmokeshack.com

• Wake Forest, North Carolina • D.J. Hoch’s Durn Good Seasonings is a Tar Heel Original, created in North Carolina. A spices company, Durn Good Seasonings has created rare spice blends for marinades, sauces and seasonings. Their easy cooking spices are excellent for barbeques, meats, soups or vegetables. Once you have experienced their distinctive flavor, you will never be without Durn Good Seasonings in the kitchen again. The Durn Good Hot Sauce adds an extra zest to your Bloody Mary recipe and enough blazing goodness to an easy chili recipe that will bring everyone back for seconds. The spices are a marvelous addition to cooking gift baskets, whether they are for the experienced chef or beginning cooks. If you want high-quality wholesale spices, look no further. For more information on our tasty seasonings, please browse through our other articles. • www.durngood.com

• Bakersville, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Floury-Apron/138269429557434 • Floury Apron hand makes baklava, short bread, and wheascuit crackers. The best you have ever tasted! Visit the website to see the full range of products and order direct to your door! We are located in the mountains of North Carolina where our products are made and shipped. We are proud to announce that we use as many locally grown ingredients as possible. We offer the best gourmet snacks and pastries whose unique essence is a blend of eastern and western flavors; tantalizing crackers blending unique and familiar flavors, rolled baklava packed with local pecans, and a delicious array of round shortbread-style cookies that melts in your mouth. • www.flouryapron.com

• Chapel Hill & Durham, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Fosters-Market-Durham/323604735807 • www.facebook.com/pages/Fosters-Market-of-Chapel-Hill/126504525589 • Foster’s Market is a gourmet food market and cafe, focusing on scratch made soups, salads, casseroles, sandwiches and more. Everything is made in house, we even roast the turkey for our sandwiches. It is nearly impossible to describe Foster’s with one set definition. We are a restaurant, coffee bar, specialty food store and catering company. We also make gift baskets and sell products on our online store. It seems a bit crazy, but it is really the combination of all these that makes Foster’s a successful business. The awesome food, the superior service, the staff, the fun and the unexpected are what makes the Foster’s experience a unique and rewarding one. • www.fostersmarket.com

• Raleigh, North Carolina • Historic Oak View… Our family recipe dates back to the 1850’s, having been handed down from my great- grandmother, who built and resided at Historic Oak View in Raleigh, North Carolina. Oak View is where we get the "O" from in Ginny O’s. This antebellum farmstead features an 1855 Greek Revival house, detached plank kitchen, cotton gin museum, an herb garden, picnic facilities, a barn and a new 3000 square ft. museum called the Farm History Center. On the 17 acre grounds remains the oldest pecan grove in the state. I take pride in creating consistent, high quality products using only fresh ingredients. • www.cheeserings.com

• Winston-Salem, North Carolina • Maker of Premium, quality branded and private-label condiments for discriminating consumers, grocers and chefs. Golding Farms Foods began as Mrs. Campbell’s Canning Company, with recipes for two products – sweet chow chow and hot chow chow. Since then our product lines have expanded considerably. As consumer tastes have grown more sophisticated, so have our recipes. Many Golding Farms Foods products are inspired by successful national brands. Our most popular products are based on recipes of our own. • www.goldingfarmsfoods.com

• Ayden, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/AnnesDumplings • Harvest Time Foods, Inc. began as a home operation in 1981 in a converted carport by Bryan Grimes, Jr., his wife Anne, and their son Bryan Grimes, III (B.G.), a student at East Carolina University. Greenville, N.C. became the first home for the company as they began marketing packaged frozen dough strips called Anne’s Pastry. This dough product is the main component in a regional dish cooked in Eastern North Carolina called chicken pastry and traditionally served for Sunday dinner. • www.annesdumplings.com

• Kinston, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/HawkSauceBBQ • The Original Hawk Sauce BBQ Elixir was developed and perfected over many years of making sauce for the semi-annual Barbeque Chicken Fundraisers at the local High School. The original sauce was such a success with the Athletic Booster Club and patrons, the concept of offering it to the public was soon a dream coming true. We now offer two versions of our BBQ Elixir, Original and Spicy. We also have a Black Bean Salsa, which is a wonderful blend of vegetables and black beans mixed with a little Hawk Sauce love. All of our products are Gluten-Free and High Fructose Corn Syrup Free. Hawk Sauce can be a part of your dinner, supper, or fundraiser this weekend! Thank you for trying our fine products. • www.hawksauce.com

• Holly Springs, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/HolmMadeCookies • From an early age, Loni Holm exhibited a talent in the kitchen and always loved to bake for family gatherings. Eventually, the baking expanded to friends’ occasions, and ultimately, she’d get hired to bake for others’ parties and events, from the simplest cookies to cakes and complex dessert spreads. In the ‘90s, when everyone started to become more health conscious, Loni started experimenting with treats that were satisfying yet healthier than the standard variety, and she expanded her horizons to include some more “heart-healthy” options in her baking. • www.holmmadecookies.com

• Four Oaks, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/HouseAutryMills • House-Autry Mills, founded in 1812, is a Four Oaks, N.C.-based producer of chicken, seafood, and pork breaders, corn meal, and hushpuppy, biscuit and corn bread mixes. Our consumers tend to be very passionate about our products. They like how quick and easy they are to use as well as the tasty meal it delivers for their family. That’s what keeps them coming back for more! • www.house-autry.com

• Durham, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Jims-Own-Sauce/210965345588472 • Jim’s Own Sauce Mild is a 50 year old tried and tested recipe that we still make today with the same quality ingredients. Jim’s Own Sauce has been commercially sold in North Carolina since 1997. It’s a deliciously tangy and slightly sweet North Carolina style tomato based barbeque sauce that can be used on pork, chicken, beef, fish & veggies. It is so versatile you will love it!! Check out our recipes pages for ideas that will wow your crowd • www.jimsownsauce.com

• Raleigh, North Carolina • The Joe Bud’s that you enjoy today is the result of a sauce that was originally created around 1950 by Joe Bud’s uncle and mentor, Jim Bernini, on the Milling Family farm in Greenwood, South Carolina. Uncle Jim catered huge barbecues and Joe “Bud” Johnson was the official sauce stirrer at age 10, mixing large pots of sauce. Uncle Jim’s recipe was in his head and would always say, “you will know when you got it right.” • www.joebudsfoods.com

• Smithfield, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Johnston-County-Hams-in-Smithfield-North-Carolina/90955362030 • For over 60 years and across two generations of renowned curemasters, we at Johnston County Hams in Smithfield, North Carolina have hand crafted "cured" country hams inspired by the techniques used by America’s early colonists. Recognized by many as the best ham in America, our country hams have been featured in Esquire, Southern Living, The New York Times, Wine Spectator and many other publications. Men’s Journal has proclaimed our country ham among their "100 Best Things To Eat In America." • www.countrycuredhams.com

• Davidson, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Kathryns-Cottage-Kitchen/135958423110219 • Since 1952 my mom and dad, Claude and Dora Blaine Little have been in the restaurant business. They started out with a local dime store lunch counter (as they were called in those days). Sandwiches, salads and plate lunches were on the menu and all homemade food. My mother was a fabulous cook and loved bleu cheese dressing. She tried it everywhere we went. We loved eating out at fine restaurants, price did not matter if the food was good especially steaks and prime rib. Mother tasted, tested and sampled and worked hard to make a bleu cheese dressing that she thought was the best. Finally she came up with what is now known as Kathryn’s Cottage Bleu Cheese Dressing. • www.kathrynscottagekitchen.com

• Eden, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Lisa-Shivelys-Kitchen-Helpers-LLC/240583785984928 • Let us help you enjoy more meals at home! Our goal is to help families spend meals together without the stress of the preparation. If you make dinner simply, then you are happier and able to enjoy your family more. Lisa Shively’s Kitchen Helpers, LLC proudly brings you Quick Meal Mixes, Soup Kits, Hot Chocolates and Cookbooks to make making dinner quick and easy! Proud member of SUSTA (Southern United States Trade Association), NASFT (National Association for Specialty Foods Trade), Got to Be NC Agriculture, Goodness Grows in North Carolina, Board Member of NC Specialty Foods Association and the Gift Basket Association. Partnership with NC Dept. Agriculture & Consumer Services, the NC Sweet Potato Commission and the NC Blueberry Council. • www.fromourhometoyours.net

• Rutherfordton, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Lakeside-Mills/166097336736719 • We produce flour and corn meal products in true southern style. Our stone ground grits, corn meal, and flour can be found in homes and restaurants through out the South. Lakeside Mills has been producing stone ground corn meal products in North Carolina since 1736. Our history is long and rich. The mill was used to supply the Continental troops in the fields as well as Lenoir County during the Revolutionary war. During the Civil War, much fighting took place near the original mill site, located east of Kinston NC. The original mill site is situated on Kelly’s pond, which is over 300 acres and was once a major recreation area with its fishing, picnicking, swimming and boating facilities. • www.lakesidemills.com

• Jamesville, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Mackeys-Ferry-Peanuts/121968221151125 • Since 1983, Mackey’s Ferry Peanuts has used the best peanuts grown in Eastern North Carolina to create premium peanut products for peanut lovers everywhere. We entreat each one of you to visit our store in Jamesville and to try our delicious samples. For those of you with a penchant for sweets, we offer the most delicate hand-stretched Peanut Brittle, homemade Molasses Cookies (my Grandma’s recipe), a variety of chocolate confections (Butternut Crunch being a favorite), and Peanut Butter Cookies, made with our very own fresh ground special recipe Peanut Butters. • www.mfpnuts.com

• Kernersville, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/missjennyspickles • Located in Kernersville, North Carolina, our "Mompreneur" company, produces four variations of distinctive pickles: All-Natural Signature Salt & Pepper, All-Natural Traditional Bread & Butter, All-Natural Jalapeno Salt & Pepper and our Award Winning All-Natural Habanero Bread & Butter. Our backgrounds are as unique as our Signature Salt & Pepper pickles. Ashlee is the city girl and Jenny is the country girl. We have been partners for years in the financial industry but, it wasn’t until we lost our jobs with the economy that we knew we wanted to start a business venture together and of all things a pickle company! • www.missjennyspickles.com

• Garner, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/nephewsbbq • Nephews BBQ sauce is a gourmet line of BBQ sauces where we pair the sweetness of fruit with the spiciness of chili peppers. The result is an award winning line of unique BBQ sauces that will make you the king of your next backyard BBQ or tailgate. Nephews started out as a wedding favor for friends and family at his wedding in 2009. The response was overwhelming and after winning an award in December Nephews BBQ Sauce was born. Once you try our sauce we are confident you will invite Nephews to all your BBQ’s! MSG Free, Gluten Free, High Fructose Corn Syrup Free. NASFT (National Association for Specialty Foods Trade), Got to Be NC Agriculture, Goodness Grows in North Carolina • www.nephewsbbq.com

• Cary, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Outta-the-Park-BBQ-Sauce-Fan-Page/136581233032873 • At Outta the Park we make delicious, award-winning sauces born from real ingredients for people who love great tasting food. Our sauces contain no high fructose corn syrup, no MSG, and no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Using only all natural ingredients, Outta the Park® BBQ Sauce starts sweet and finishes with a healthy kick. • www.outtathepark.com

• Wake Forest, North Carolina • Sold or given to family and friends since the mid-1970’s, Peggy Rose has perfected a tasty sweet pepper jelly for an appetizer, garnish,and any meat marinade. Served with cream cheese and crackers, our sweet pepper jellies add a fresh pick-up treat to your table or event! Made with fresh sweet bell peppers and southern hot peppers. Welcome to Peggy Rose’s Sweet Pepper Jelly, LLC. We invite you to browse through our store and shop with confidence. We invite you to create an account with us if you like, or shop as a guest. Either way, your shopping cart will be active until you leave the store. • www.peggyrosessweetpepperjelly.com

• Charlotte, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Polka-Dot-Bake-Shop/56273164400 • We are a gourmet bakery specializing in unique sweets and savory treats. Step inside our bakery and you are greeted with the smells of homemade goodness. All of our products are baked daily, from scratch and by hand, using all natural ingredients. Our baked goods contain no preservatives or trans fats and are sure to please. Let us help you connect the "dots" for all of your sweet and savory needs. Our delicious Sweet Potato Crackers can be found in gourmet shops across the country, but stop by our home store Polka Dot Bake Shop (located in Charlotte, NC) and we’ll be sure to make your trip a special one. • www.polkadotbakeshop.com

• Pleasant Garden, North Carolina • Samson’s Sauce dates back 78 years to the attic of the former Boren home on the fashionable Oakland Avenue in Greensboro, N. C. Head of that particular household, Simpson Boren was a family man and father of three sons – Malcolm, Gurney, and Jimmy. He loved fishing, dove hunting, and gourmet cooking. In fact, this wonderful sauce was concocted because Simpson was always experimenting in the kitchen! He first made it in a barrel in the attic and let it age for two months while dutifully stirring it everyday. News of Simpson’s mysterious, pending treat spread quickly throughout the community. • www.samsonsauce.com

• Chapel Hill, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Sweet-Neecy-Cakes/369508352633 • I am grateful that when I was a young girl, growing up back in the sixties in Chapel Hill, NC. I had the opportunity to watch both my grandmother and mother baking delicious homemade cakes from scratch. I watched as they both "made do", measuring the flour and sugar with a coffee cup or with a glass. They would then use the palm of their hands to measure the baking powder, soda and salt because back then cooking and baking was by feel and touch. According to my mama this type of measuring was called "dump" cooking. • www.sweetneecy.com

• Charlotte, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/TropicalFoods • Tropical Foods specializes in premium snack mixes, raw and freshly roasted nuts and seeds, dried fruit, and hundreds of bulk and packaged candies, spices, grains and specialty foods. Tropical Foods has an extensive line of retail branded products, including Grabeez®, Buffalo Nuts® and Christille Bay®. The company was founded in 1977 with an original product line of 100 items which has grown to include more than 3000 today. Privately-owned, Tropical is headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with additional operating centers in Orlando, Atlanta, Memphis, Washington DC and Dallas. • www.tropicalfoods.com

• Winston-Salem, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/texaspete • One taste and you will agree that you can’t find a more fresh, flavorful, first-quality product than our Texas Pete®Sauces. We continue to ”make history” with every batch – starting with critical selection of only the finest quality ingredients and following careful, consistent manufacturing controls to ensure dependable recipe integrity in every product that proudly bears our name. • www.twgarner.com

• Chapel Hill, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/southernseason • A Southern Season opened shop in 1975 as a tiny coffee roaster in Chapel Hill, NC. After customer demand expanded the tiny shop to 28,000 sq. ft., the NY Times’ beloved Craig Claiborne labeled A Southern Season "wall to wall and floor to ceiling, a visual and gustatory delight." Today, A Southern Season’s location is just around the corner from its original spot and it houses a 60,000 sq. ft. landmark market — quite possibly the largest in the country. • www.southernseason.com

• Durham, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/CarolinaSauceCompany • The Carolina Sauce Company was founded in 2003 by Greg Leman and his wife, Gloria Cabada-Leman. We are a small, family-owned and operated online business based in Durham, North Carolina. Our mission is to be your gateway to culinary adventures by offering a wide variety of delicious and hard-to-find products for the kitchen, grill, table and your dining pleasure. We partner with carefully selected purveyors of regional and international specialty foods, as well as suppliers of hot sauces, BBQ sauces, seasonings and condiments, to bring you an unrivaled selection of high-quality products at a fair price and with attentive customer service. • www.carolinasauce.com

• Cary, North Carolina • Start with fresh ingredients. Small batches of hand made chocolates. A quarter century of successful candy making in Cary, North Carolina. The results, wonderful chocolates. Our desire, creating chocolates that will make yours, a friend, or loved one’s day that more special. • www.chocolatesmilesshop.com

• Chapel Hill & Durham, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Fosters-Market-Durham/323604735807 • www.facebook.com/pages/Fosters-Market-of-Chapel-Hill/126504525589 • Foster’s Market is a gourmet food market and cafe, focusing on scratch made soups, salads, casseroles, sandwiches and more. Everything is made in house, we even roast the turkey for our sandwiches. It is nearly impossible to describe Foster’s with one set definition. We are a restaurant, coffee bar, specialty food store and catering company. We also make gift baskets and sell products on our online store. It seems a bit crazy, but it is really the combination of all these that makes Foster’s a successful business. The awesome food, the superior service, the staff, the fun and the unexpected are what makes the Foster’s experience a unique and rewarding one. • www.fostersmarket.com

• Oxford, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/groups/97129758986 • A visit to historic Oxford, North Carolina is not complete unless it includes a stop at Stovall’s Gifts. We’re a 26 year old family owned business that offers the hottest trends in the gift industry. Names such as Vera Bradley, Crocs, Rainbow Sandals… in addition, a wonderful wine shop with gourmet foods and fresh roasted gourmet coffees and teas. It doesn’t end there, A browse through our Christmas shop is a must. A highly qualified, caring staff, custom orders, complimentary gift wrapping, and personalized attention makes Stovall’s a unique shopping experience. Stop by and visit our fun atmosphere, or call us, for your one stop shopping needs. • www.stovallsgifts.com

• Louisburg, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Bobbees-Bottling-Inc/117989344909395 • From sauces to syrups, marinades to seasonings, if you can eat it, we’ll bottle it, label it and ship it wherever you want so your product arrives on time. And, we keep a tight lid on your recipe too. All recipes are kept in strict confidence. Bobbees Bottling began in the business of bottling honey, hence the name Bobbees. Over the years, we began to branch off into bottling sauces. Now, we produce thousands of bottles of sauces a day! • www.bobbeesbottling.com

• Winston-Salem, North Carolina • Maker of Premium, quality branded and private-label condiments for discriminating consumers, grocers and chefs. Golding Farms Foods began as Mrs. Campbell’s Canning Company, with recipes for two products – sweet chow chow and hot chow chow. Since then our product lines have expanded considerably. As consumer tastes have grown more sophisticated, so have our recipes. Many Golding Farms Foods products are inspired by successful national brands. Our most popular products are based on recipes of our own. • www.goldingfarmsfoods.com

• Dunn, North Carolina • www.facebook.com/pages/Quinn-Specialty-Products/266816792017 • Quinn Specialty Products, Inc. is a full line contract manufacturer of high quality branded and private label condiments and non-carbonated beverages for food service, wholesale and retail distributors. We also develop products and co-pack for national brand products. In addition to product development we create nutrition facts labels for our customers. Our company specializes in manufacturing and has a distribution of a wide variety of packages supplying domestic and international markets. We can also develop custom labels and merchandising materials that are distinctive for your products. Private labeling that is brand specific will include the nutritional information and facts to insure that your product will be ready for shelving upon delivery.• www.quinnsp.com

Blowin’ Smoke BBQ Sauce • www.facebook.com/pages/Blowin-Smoke-BBQ-Sauce/107265969299351 •www.blowinsmokebbqsauce.com • In April 2008, I retired from full-time employment and started the process of marketing and producing “Blowin’ Smoke” BBQ sauce. The name originates from our two new daughters-in-law who suggested the name “Blowin’ Smoke”. I disagreed with the name because while the sauce is sweet and spicy; it is not hot. They explained that they believed that I was just “blowin’ smoke” with my talk of manufacturing the sauce. I tried to find a better name, but I was outvoted 5-1, so “Blowin’ Smoke” it is. A customized logo by a local Rowan County artist, Betty Sedberry, completed the packaging. Additionally, the sauce qualifies as a “Goodness Grows in North Carolina” product as its principal ingredients originate in North Carolina.

Yah’s Best • www.themastfarminn.com/yahsbest/ • Yah’s Best is a family owned and operated North Carolina specialty foods producer based in Huntersville, NC. They sell their products at the NC Farmer’s Markets in Charlotte and Raleigh and at several other locations throughout the region. • FaceBook • WebSite

North Carolina Artisan Cheese • www.themastfarminn.com/north-carolina-cheese/ • Discover hand-crafted North Carolina Artisan Cheeses. Made from the milk of goats, cows and sheep raised sustainably on small family farms, these cheeses are prized by some of the region’s finest restaurants, as well as discerning individuals. Looking Glass Creamery of Fairview, North Carolina was recently featured in the Williams-Sonoma Catalog.

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